Dott Projects
OurNewSchool wall at the Dott 07 Festival
OurNewSchool
What are the design priorities when a school is rebuilt? This was the question posed by designers from codesign team Engine when they created an in-school design lab at Walker Technology College in Newcastle, one of the first schools in England to receive money from the government’s BSF project. Their aim was to enable all members of the community to explore options for the school’s development and they learned a great deal about how a school can make itself ‘design ready’.

The team began by embarking on a discovery phase, working with pupils and finding out everything about their experiences of the school day. They went on to hold workshops on the subject of time and how the school might use it better.
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Students of Scremerston First School
Move Me
The Move Me project centred on Scremerston First School in Northumberland. Three miles from Berwick, this small school is a daily hub for 42 children and 34 families. It also has 11 members of staff, including full- and part-time teachers, cleaning, catering and janitorial staff, and is led by an enthusiastic head teacher, Helen Harrison, who was keen for the school to be fully involved in the project.

The school’s many and varied transport needs made it an excellent test case for Dott 07. The project looked at the school community’s mobility needs and explored how they could be better served by combining existing services in smarter ways.
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A year of projects and events that explored what life in a sustainable region could be like - and how design could help us get there.
DE07 - living room
Design Event will deliver 28 events over 2008/09 throughout the North East of England. Visit the official website for details.
Explorers Club - Speed Meeting
Explorers used conversation and practical tasks to develop potential solutions to every day problems. See the archive of events.
Town Crier
If you missed the town crier listen again to an audio clip and download the scripts.
Does your postcode define who you are?
Do stereotypes used to define communities represent the lifestyles and characteristics of the people in them?
Chaos mapping in the Durham Necklace Park by Cipriano Martinez.
Find out how you can 'map the necklace' in the Durham Necklace Park without getting cold or wet!